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WIGK ADJUSTING MECHANISM.

Patented Mar; 19, 1889..

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CHARLES H. LYMAN, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE ANSO- NIA BRASS AND COPPER COMPANY, OF NEIV YORK, N.'Y.

lCK-ADJUSTING MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,912, dated March 19, 1889.

Application filed June 12, 1883 Serial No. 276,813. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. LYMAN, of Ansonia, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented acert-ain new and useful Improvement in Nick-Adjusting Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates particularly to wick-adj usting mechanism for Argand lamps.

I will describe a wickad 'usting mechanism embodying my improvement, and then point out the novel features in a claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a wick-adjusting mechanism embodying my improvement and a wick to which this mechanism is attached. Fig. 2 is a side view taken on a plane at right angles to that of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of a ring tori'ning part of such mechanism, and Fig. i is a view of a rod and its ap 'iurtenances forming part of the \vicleaiiljusting mechanism. The views Figs. 3 and at are taken on the same plane as that of Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates a wick of hollow cylindric form adapted for an Argand lamp.

B designates a ring, preferably made of sheet metal such as brass and attached to this wick. It may be simply friction-tight upon the wick, or it may be roughened to more reliably engage with the Wick, or it may be provided with teeth or spurs [for engaging with the wick.

C designates a rod which is intended to extend from the ring I; up through the oil reservoir or tount of the lamp. It will be seen that'the ring B and red C are provided with loops and tongues, whereby they may be secured and detached at pleasure. As shown, the ring is provided with loops Z) Z) and the rod with tongues 0 0 These tongues extend laterally from the rod. 13y rotating the ring when it occupies such a position that itsloops are opposite the tongues the ring may be rotated so that the loops will be slipped over the tongues and engage with them. Then the ring will be secured to the rod. The ring may be detached at any time from the rod by rotating it in the reverse direction. It is desirable t0 detachably connect the ring and rod, so that the ring may be taken out of the lamp without removing the rod, in order to facilitate the introduction into the lamp of a new wick. It will be seen that the rod extends downwardly at an incline from the outer end, which is provided with a handpiece, and then is bent around and extended upwardly close to the ring 15. The tongues are on that end which is extended upwardly close to the ring B. The rod is made resilient or flexible between its ends, and preferably at the bend. This is of advantage, because it enables the outwardly-extending portion of the rod to assume various inclined positions as the ring is adjusted up and down to receive the wick, and yet the rod, owing to the fact that it is possessed of a certain amount of rigidity, is capable of being made to adjust the wickring without canting to any extent so as to cause it to bind in the wick-tube. In this respect the resilience of the rod affords advantages which would not be afforded by a hingeconnection between the rod and the wickring.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a wick-adjusting mechanism, the combination of the ring, adapted to engage a wick and provided with a loop, and a resilient rod turned upwardly at its lower end, and having a tongue extended laterally from said turnedup port-ion to engage the loop of the ring, substantially as specified.

CHARLES H. LYMAN.

Nitnesses:

WM. PoWE, ALBERT S. TERRY. 

